Tiptoe

[ANTIQUE FALSETTO — SWEET] Come along... Through the garden... Quietly... [PHONOGRAPH SLOWS] [WHISPER] Don't step on the flowers. [ANTIQUE FALSETTO] La-la-la... [GLITCH] [WHISPER — LEFT] Tip... [WHISPER — RIGHT] ...toe. [ANTIQUE VOICE — DISTORTING] Come a little closer... [DEAD STOP] [DEEP VOICE] No. [WHISPER] Don't let them hear you. [36 HZ ROLL BEGINS] [CALL OUTS] TIP! TOE! TIP! TOE! QUIET! QUIET! [WHISPER] They're sleeping. [PAUSE] [CHILDLIKE FALSETTO] Not anymore. [MASSIVE DROP] [INSTRUMENTAL — PSYCHEDELIC GLITCH] [WHISPERS] Through the flowers... Past the window... Don't look inside. Don't look inside. DON'T LOOK— [DEAD STOP] [HIGH FALSETTO] I see you. [CATASTROPHIC DROP] [CALL OUT] TIP-TIP-TIP-TIP— [GLITCH] TOE! [SCRATCH] TIP-TIP-TIP— TOE! [DEEP VOICE] KEEP FUCKING MOVING. [BREAKDOWN — ANTIQUE RECORD RETURNS] [HIGH FALSETTO — BEAUTIFUL] Come along... Through the garden... [VOICE WARPS LOWER] Come... along... [WHISPER] You shouldn't have come here. [PHONOGRAPH STOPS] [FINAL BUILD] TIP! TOE! TIP! TOE! DON'T! WAKE! THE! FLOWERS! [DEAD SILENCE] [HIGH FALSETTO — VERY CLOSE] Too late. [FINAL 36 HZ DROP] [OUTRO — DAMAGED PHONOGRAPH] [WHISPER] Tiptoe home. [SCRATCH] [HIGH FALSETTO] If you can. [HARD CUT]